Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal is glad police officers are being careful-careful enough to arrest a 14-year-old for building a clock and bringing it to school.

Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban blasted the arrest of a Texas teenager who brought a homemade clock to his high school.

Though the clock Ahmed created was digital, supporters mainly posted shots with analog timepieces.

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The previous item has been corrected to reflect that Ahmed said he plans to transfer to “any other school”.

As previously reported, Mohamed was handcuffed and interrogated for bringing what authorities believed to be a “hoax bomb” to his ninth grade English class on Monday. Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations tweeted, “I think this wouldn’t even be a question if his name wasn’t Ahmed Mohamed“.

She made headlines in March when she accused Muslims of plotting to bypass United States courts by offering shariah-law mediation to worshippers.

Well, Ahmed, see you in San Francisco, if you decide to visit us and not the White House.

“America’s best teachers in our schools, in our best schools, at least, nurture the intellectual curiosity … it is clear some of Ahmed’s teachers failed him”. He said Ahmed was handcuffed “for his safety and for the safety of the officers”, and taken to a juvenile detention center. Police said no charges have been filed and they consider the case closed.

The family is holding a news conference at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

In a tweet posted on Wednesday, Mr Obama said: “Cool clock, Ahmed”.

After his arrest, Ahmed spoke to news outlets about what happened. The student showed the device to a teacher, who was concerned that it was possibly the infrastructure for a bomb. The teen has been suspended for the last three days.

In a statement Irving’s current mayor, Beth Van Duyne said Wednesday “I do not fault the school or the police for looking into what they saw as a potential threat”.

Boyd says the clock that Ahmed built looked “suspicious in nature”.

Irving Independent School District officials were not immediately available for comment.